Wright Lorimer (March 10, 1874December 22, 1911) was the stage name of Walter Myron Smith, an American stage actor and playwright who was also known as Walter M. S. Lowell. He was author of a famous religious play ''The Shepherd King'' (1904) and starred in the Broadway production playing
David
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. The play was co-written with Arnold Reeves. Lorimer committed suicide in 1911 despondent over a contract and proceeds of ''The Shepherd King'' with producer
William A. Brady
William Aloysius Brady (June 19, 1863 – January 6, 1950) was an American theater actor, producer, and sports promoter.
Biography
Brady was born to a newspaperman in 1863. His father kidnapped him from San Francisco and brought him to New Yo ...
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DESPONDENT ACTOR A SUICIDE BY GAS; Wright Lorimer, Who Starred in "The Shepherd King," Laid His Troubles to W.A. Brady. (NY Times, December 23 1911)
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In 1923 ''The Shepherd King'' was made into an extravagant religious film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
by Fox Film Corporation. It was shot in several countries and released in direct competition with Cecil B. DeMille's religious spectacular ''The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ ...
''.
See also
* Wilson Barrett
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1874 births
1911 suicides
Suicides by gas
Male actors from Worcester, Massachusetts
Writers from Worcester, Massachusetts
1911 deaths
Suicides in New York City